Kneecap have been banned from Hungary for three years, government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs shared on X. Kovacs claimed that the Irish rappers have “repeatedly engage in antisemitic hate speech supporting terrorism and terrorist groups.” He also said that the trio’s planned performance at Budapest’s Sziget Festival “posed a national security threat.” Kneecap responded to the ban with a statement shared on social media. They apologized to fans who had anticipated seeing them at Sziget, and they